Hunter M-10 tank destroyers moving from the devastated streets of München-Gladbach, on March 1, 1945, during Operation Granade, the assault on the Roer River.
   Operation Grenade was the crossing of the Roer (Rur) river between Roermond and Düren by the U.S. Ninth Army in February 1945.
   Mönchengladbach (as it is called now), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border.

Tank destroyers of Operation Granade

A column of vehicles from the 3rd Armored Division's engineering battalion arrives in Düren, Germany, on February 26, 1945. Note the M36 Tank Destroyer from the 703rd Tank Distroyer Battalion at left, to provide protection.
   Düren is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne on the river Rur.

Scene, after town is taken

M4A3 (75) Sherman tanks of the 9th Armored Division in the vicinity of the small town of Westhausen, east of Stuttgart, Germany; April 10, 1945.
